The Louvre closed after a spontaneous strike denouncing the sub -ffectives and excessive attendance-Liberation
The most visited museum in the world has not resisted The wave of surcourism. As Associated Press tells, the Louvre was the scene of a spontaneous strike on Monday, June 16, leaving thousands of visitors on the tile, ticket in hand but deprived of wandering. A movement that echoes protests born in recent days in cities in southern Europe, decided during an internal meeting, when the museum staff refused to resume their post.
« What was to be a monthly information meeting has turned into a large manifestation of exasperation »explains to the American agency Sarah Sefian, a host and cultural mediation agent. Unmanageable crowds, chronic sub-scope and working conditions « Connable » : Standards, reception and security staff collectively denounce overcrowding in the walls of the enclosure, whose maximum gauge is 30,000 people per day, for 8.7 million visitors per year, more than double what the museum should bear, as recognized Its president Laurence des Cars.
This overflowing is all the more problematic since the Louvre suffers from obsolescence, obsolescence and degradations, entrusted the manager to Parisian Last January. President Macron proposed in January a ten-year plan to clog the numerous leaks observed, but the whole seems too long-term to the employees. « We cannot wait six years to have help, » continues with AP Sarah Sefian, worried about seeing teams « Under pressure. (…) It’s not just a question of art, it is a question of people who protect it. ”
What is more, the objectives of the presidential plan, located in a range of 700 to 800 million euros, make Pschitt with staff. Concretized by the provision of a room for the only JocondeEnabled each day by 20,000 people every day, and the creation of an additional entry on the Seine side, it looks like an additional work for employees, accompanied by a drop in annual operating subsidies. « »It is very bad that the president will make his speeches in our museum, deplores Sarah Sefian. When you scratch a little, the state’s investment deteriorates each year. ”
